Al-Hilal are set to test Everton’s resolve over keeping Iliman Ndiaye.
Ndiaye has three years remaining on his existing contract at Hill Dickinson Stadium but talks over an improved longer-term deal are yet to bear fruit.
The Senegal international recently hinted his long-term future may lie away from the Blues by revealing his aim is to play Champions League football.
However the Saudi Pro League could be Ndiaye’s immediate destination as Al-Hilal are already preparing to make an opening gambit for the forward.
According to Fabrizio Romano, the Kingdom club are hoping to make the 26-year-old their second high-profile addition of the summer transfer window.
West Ham’s Crysencio Summerville joined Simone Inzaghi’s side while Ndiaye’s ex-Everton teammate Idrissa Gueye is also headed to the Kingdom.
Gueye called time on a combined seven-season spell on Merseyside on Friday ahead of agreeing an initial one-year contract with Al-Diriyah.